In the present work, the promotion effects by doping metals on K 2 Ti 2 O 5 or by combining an additional NO oxidation catalyst are studied in detail for soot oxidation. The synthesized catalysts are characterized by X-ray diffraction. The promoting effects of NO and NO 2 on soot oxidation were examined on both K 2 Ti 2 O 5 and metal-doped K 2 Ti 2 O 5 catalysts. With pure K 2 Ti 2 O 5 catalyst, NO has a negligible promotion effect, because of the fact that K 2 Ti 2 O 5 , different from Pt catalysts, is unable to oxidize NO to NO 2 . Compared to the pure K 2 Ti 2 O 5 catalyst, all the doped metals somehow enhance soot oxidation by decreasing the peak temperature (T p ). The activity follows the order of Pt/K 2 Ti 2 O 5 (324 (352 °C). With NO 2 , soot starts to be oxidized at temperatures as low as 250 °C, even with pure K 2 Ti 2 O 5 . When K 2 Ti 2 O 5 is combined with a NO oxidation catalyst (Co/K x Ti 2 O 5 ), both the starting temperature (T s ) and T p were greatly decreased, from 295 °C to 240 °C and from 352 °C to 326 °C, respectively. Therefore, the combination of K 2 Ti 2 O 5 with a NO oxidation catalyst can enhance the soot oxidation activity significantly.